Re: How to use musical symbols from a font

Re: How to use musical symbols from a font

[Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky]

Hi,

Thanks, Willi, for the idea, but I cannot get it to work. My version of 
the script

\starttext
\definefontsynonym[Wingdings][Wingdings.ttf]
\definesymbol[box][\getglyph{Wingdings}{\char113}]
%\def\Check%
%   {{\tfa\symbol[box]}}

\symbol[box]
\stoptext


gives the following error (I have Wingdings.ttf in my Windows/Fonts folder):


!define font    : forced type ttf of Wingdings not found
!define font    : font with name Wingdings is not found
!define font    : unknown font Wingdings, loading aborted
! Font \thedefinedfont=Wingdings.ttf at 12pt not loadable: metric data 
not found or bad.
<to be read again>
                    \relax
\symbolicsizedfont ...cale \scaledfontsize \relax
                                                   \thedefinedfont
\getglyph #1#2->{\symbolicfont {#1}
                                    \doifnumberelse {#2}\char \donothing #2}
\dodosymbol ...bol \csname \??ss :#1:#2\endcsname
                                                   \relax }\relax
\donormalsymbol ...bol \redosymbol \currentsymbol
                                                   \fi \fi
<to be read again>
                    \stoptext
l.8 \stoptext

?

>
> The approach to using symbols could be done along the following line:
>
>
> \definefontsynonym[Dingbats][uzdr]
> \definesymbol[box][\getglyph{Dingbats}{\char113}]
> \def\Check%
>     {{\tfa\symbol[box]}}


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Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
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Re: How to use musical symbols from a font

[Willi Egger]

Apparently the font is not found. So make sure that TeX can find the font. Probably you need to check whether the OSFONTDIR is set correctly. Otherwise copy the to a place e.g. texmf-local en run luatools --generate.

I hop this helps.

Willi 
On 29 Apr 2010, at 21:53, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Thanks, Willi, for the idea, but I cannot get it to work. My version of the script
> 
> \starttext
> \definefontsynonym[Wingdings][Wingdings.ttf]
> \definesymbol[box][\getglyph{Wingdings}{\char113}]
> %\def\Check%
> %   {{\tfa\symbol[box]}}
> 
> \symbol[box]
> \stoptext
> 
> 
> gives the following error (I have Wingdings.ttf in my Windows/Fonts folder):
> 
> 
> !define font    : forced type ttf of Wingdings not found
> !define font    : font with name Wingdings is not found
> !define font    : unknown font Wingdings, loading aborted
> ! Font \thedefinedfont=Wingdings.ttf at 12pt not loadable: metric data not found or bad.
> <to be read again>
>                   \relax
> \symbolicsizedfont ...cale \scaledfontsize \relax
>                                                  \thedefinedfont
> \getglyph #1#2->{\symbolicfont {#1}
>                                   \doifnumberelse {#2}\char \donothing #2}
> \dodosymbol ...bol \csname \??ss :#1:#2\endcsname
>                                                  \relax }\relax
> \donormalsymbol ...bol \redosymbol \currentsymbol
>                                                  \fi \fi
> <to be read again>
>                   \stoptext
> l.8 \stoptext
> 
> ?
> 
>> 
>> The approach to using symbols could be done along the following line:
>> 
>> 
>> \definefontsynonym[Dingbats][uzdr]
>> \definesymbol[box][\getglyph{Dingbats}{\char113}]
>> \def\Check%
>>    {{\tfa\symbol[box]}}
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best Regards,
> Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
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Re: How to use musical symbols from a font

[Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky]

A-ha!

The solution that file name should be wingding.ttf versus wingdings.ttf.

OSFONTDIR is ok, my installer sets it properly :)

Thanks for help. works perfectly.

I only cannot understand what the following do:

\def\Check%
    {{\tfa\symbol[box]}}


> Apparently the font is not found. So make sure that TeX can find the font. Probably you need to check whether the OSFONTDIR is set correctly. Otherwise copy the to a place e.g. texmf-local en run luatools --generate.
>
> I hop this helps.


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Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
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How to use musical symbols from a font

[Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky]

Hi,

I want to use musical symbols (e.g. rest) in my documents. I have 
MusicalSymbols.ttf font, and know that the rest is, say "r" symbol.

How to make a macro that will place this symbol and possibly crop it?

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Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
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Re: How to use musical symbols from a font

[Willi Egger]

Hi,

The approach to using symbols could be done along the following line:


\definefontsynonym[Dingbats][uzdr]
\definesymbol[box][\getglyph{Dingbats}{\char113}]
\def\Check%
    {{\tfa\symbol[box]}}

Willi

On 27 Apr 2010, at 23:35, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote:



> Hi,
>
> I want to use musical symbols (e.g. rest) in my documents. I have  
> MusicalSymbols.ttf font, and know that the rest is, say "r" symbol.
>
> How to make a macro that will place this symbol and possibly crop it?
>
> -- 
> Best Regards,
> Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
> ______________________________________________________________________ 
> _____________
> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an  
> entry to the Wiki!
>
> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ 
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> webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
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> ______________________________________________________________________ 
> _____________

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